Arts & Entertainment

A short quiz links fans' favorite anime to Solo Leveling characters, pairing shows such as Demon Slayer, One-Punch Man, Bleach and One Piece with specific Solo Leveling figures.

Gus Van Sant’s Dead Man's Wire is a 1970s-set docudrama about a man confronting a mortgage company; the review describes it as timely and technically assured while noting it takes liberties with the true story.

Satellite images from late December 2025 show iceberg A-23A has bright blue surface melt ponds; the iceberg's area has fallen from about 4,000 km² in 1986 to roughly 1,182 km² by January 2026.

Marty Supreme centers on table tennis and subverts the typical sports‑movie arc by following a skilled but repeatedly setback-prone protagonist whose final emotional growth, rather than a championship, becomes the film’s endpoint.

Colleen Hoover announced she has undergone cancer treatment and is on her second-to-last day of radiation; she did not specify the cancer type.

Robbie Robertson's posthumous memoir Insomnia recounts his late-1970s partying, relationships and drug use while following up his 2016 memoir Testimony. Robertson died in 2023 and arbitration over his estate is currently pending in Los Angeles.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy introduces Captain Nahla Ake (played by Holly Hunter), bringing the number of female captains who have led their own Star Trek TV series to four; the article notes three of those promotions occurred within the last nine years.

Opening arguments began in Vancouver in a five-week B.C. Supreme Court trial over Amber Bracken's 2021 arrest at a pipeline protest; Bracken and The Narwhal are suing the RCMP for wrongful arrest, wrongful detention and Charter breaches.

Phoenix is 24-15 and sixth in the Western Conference, and has won 10 of 20 road games this season compared with 12 of 41 last year.

Executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau say episode 5 of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is "essentially a love letter" to Deep Space Nine, and the series premieres January 15, 2026 on Paramount+.

Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle lost a high-profile Golden Globe in 2026 to KPop Demon Hunters, and critics have treated that outcome as a turning point in how the franchise is seen.

Rachel Reid will publish Unrivaled, the seventh Game Changer novel, on Sept. 29, 2026; it revisits hockey players Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov as newlyweds playing on the same team.

George R.R. Martin said there are more Tales of Dunk and Egg stories to tell but that finding time to write and publish them is the main constraint; a fourth novella was previously given the working title The She-Wolves of Winterfell.

The Golden Globes winners largely matched pre-existing frontrunners and strengthened leading positions in several Oscar categories, with the Oscars scheduled for March 15, 2026 in Los Angeles.

Season three, titled The Culling Games: Part One, is airing on Crunchyroll and the article reports the arc will bring darker, more intense developments; manga readers are expected to know key upcoming events that could lead to spoilers online.

Netflix's adaptation follows Alex and Poppy through non-linear annual vacations, and the film concludes with both characters changing course and forming a life together in New York.

At the 2026 Golden Globes several celebrities wore 'BE GOOD' and 'ICE OUT' pins in tribute to Renee Nicole Good, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent; Mark Ruffalo publicly criticized President Trump while speaking about the incident.

Industry season 4 adds Charlie Heaton as Jim Dycker and has a 95% Rotten Tomatoes score based on 20 reviews with one negative as of publication.

Phanom “Patrick” Suksaen has opened multiple Thai restaurants and recently launched Thai Mart at 496 Yonge St., creating a cluster of Thai food outlets and a grocer that stocks Thai ingredients.

Timothée Chalamet won his first Golden Globe for Marty Supreme and also received a Critics Choice Award for the same role; the article reports these wins strengthen his position heading into the 2026 Academy Awards.

Tessa Thompson said she could not confirm whether Valkyrie will appear in Avengers: Doomsday and added she would be interested in returning while praising the collaborative nature of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The premiere of Miss Scarlet season 6 follows Eliza as she juggles a secret romance with Inspector Alexander Blake while investigating the mysterious medicinal deaths of two women, and the review says the romance often overshadows the case.

Indy, a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever who stars in the film Good Boy, won the Astra Film Award for Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller; the film was shot over roughly three years with only one to three hours of filming per day.

Disney is positioning 2026 as a reset year, with The Mandalorian & Grogu and Avengers: Doomsday returning to theaters and relying on familiar characters and creators to rebuild audience confidence.

The 83rd Golden Globes are taking place tonight at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, and Nikki Glasner is returning as host for a second consecutive year.

Episode 9 shows an attack on Ariana that Cooper stops, and the episode leaves the legal and personal consequences unresolved as the finale approaches.

The article says the second-season episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" was a bold tonal shift for Star Trek: The Original Series in 1967 and that its smart comedy, script by David Gerrold, and strong performances helped the franchise embrace humor and inspire later entries.

Paramount+ will begin streaming Edgar Wright’s 2025 adaptation of Stephen King’s The Running Man on January 13, and the film drew mixed reactions after its theatrical release.

Bob Weir, co-founder and rhythm guitarist of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78, a statement on his verified Instagram said; he was diagnosed with cancer in July and 'succumbed to underlying lung issues' while surrounded by loved ones.

Andrea Bocelli is scheduled to perform at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Feb. 6 at San Siro, joining previously announced performer Mariah Carey. Elements of the ceremony will also be staged and broadcast from Cortina, Livigno and Predazzo.